“Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.”

“Idleness is only the refuge of weak minds.”

“It was good, really, that this external world still existed, if only as a place of refuge.”

“that which is eternal within the moment only becomes shallow if spread out in time.”

“Make an island of yourself,
make yourself your refuge;
there is no other refuge.
Make truth your island,
make truth your refuge;
there is no other refuge.”

“You know, ogres only sound stupid. Most are pretty smart."

"And it's a shallow person who judges anyone by the way they sound. I'm so shallow I'm surprised I don't reflect myself.”

“In the day of prosperity we have many refuges to resort to; in the day of adversity, only one.”

“It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible….”

“He is only a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of the Conservative.”

“Religious tolerance would be a shallow principle indeed if it were reserved only for faiths with which we agree.”